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问题: 一道阅读题。(究竟是谁画的?)

小标题:Group of Seven artists are overexposed genre painters

I like A.Y.Jackson as much as you do.His painting remind me of when I went to summer camp.I grew up with a reproduction of The West Wind hanging in our living room.(That was by Tom Thomson,who wasn't really a member of Group of Seven,but never mind.)Group of Seven were the first artists to depict the wild Canadian landscape,and they wre bold young rebels in their time.

A.Y.Jackson 是 Seven of Group的一员?是怎么看出来的?我觉得这两者之间并没有明说他们之间的关系,请问是怎么看出来的?
还有就是,原文中并没有直接说The West Wind 跟
A.Y.Jackson 和 Seven of Group的关系,请问又是怎么知道是前者画的呢?画也可能是一组人的结晶吧?不一定就是一个人啊!

解答:

整段话要跟标题连在一起读,还要读“隐藏含义”。

首先因为标题是讲Group of Seven的,而全文中没有说Jackson不是Group of Seven的一员,那么他就“应该”是。注意这里跟中文中的一些“心照不宣”的用法其实是一样的。

然后第二句跟括号里的话联系起来,意思是“The West Wind”是Tom Thomson画的,而他并不是Group of Seven。注意这里又有一个隐含意思,即Tom Thomson的画风其实跟Group of Seven很接近,所以作者才会有以上这些联想。

读这种Natvie speaker写的英文,不能只读字面意义,而要理解作者到底想说些什么。